Rubin LSST:UK
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LSST:UK is the UK's major contribution to the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). This next-generation sky survey will #CaptureTheCosmos https://www.lsst.ac.uk/
Did you know? When scientists began brainstorming @vrubinobs.bsky.social 3 decades ago, they had the title Dark Matter Telescope in mind? With its wide field of view and sensitivity to the faintest objects, Rubin will reveal how dark matter and dark energy shape the universe. 🔭 #darkmatterday.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Did you know? When scientists began brainstorming @vrubinobs.bsky.social 3 decades ago, they had the title Dark Matter Telescope in mind? With its wide field of view and sensitivity to the faintest objects, Rubin will reveal how dark matter and dark energy shape the universe. 🔭 #darkmatterday.
Listen up! The @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
October 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Listen up! The @physicsastronomyed.bsky.social
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Career Development Scholarship provides full PhD funding for students from a Black heritage, including mixed Black background. Deadline to apply is 24 November 2025. UK & international prospective students can apply. 🔭 www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...
Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Get to know the people working in the UK to make the @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST happen. We caught up with @cfrohmaier.bsky.social to find out more about his work with @4most-eu.bsky.social TiDES and what he's looking forward to most about the Rubin survey 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
We sat down with team member Astha to find out what fuels her passion for the Universe. Learn what she'd be doing if she wasn't exploring the low surface brightness frontier. Find out more in our interview: www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09... 🔭
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We sat down with team member Astha to find out what fuels her passion for the Universe. Learn what she'd be doing if she wasn't exploring the low surface brightness frontier. Find out more in our interview: www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-09... 🔭
Lasair is one of the 7 independent brokers that will ingest and process @vrubinobs.bsky.social data, and serve astronomical alerts to the broader scientific community. We asked Lasair team member Roy Williams of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social what inspires his work 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-08...
September 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Lasair is one of the 7 independent brokers that will ingest and process @vrubinobs.bsky.social data, and serve astronomical alerts to the broader scientific community. We asked Lasair team member Roy Williams of @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social what inspires his work 🔭 www.lsst.ac.uk/news/2025-08...
Have you downloaded the @vrubinobs.bsky.social Orbitviewer App yet? It gives you access to detailed information about planets, dwarf planets, near-earth objects, main belt asteroids, trans-Neptunian objects, comets, interstellar objects, and much more. Start exploring now! orbitviewer.app/en/ 🔭
August 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Have you downloaded the @vrubinobs.bsky.social Orbitviewer App yet? It gives you access to detailed information about planets, dwarf planets, near-earth objects, main belt asteroids, trans-Neptunian objects, comets, interstellar objects, and much more. Start exploring now! orbitviewer.app/en/ 🔭
Aside from Ghostbusters, is the secondary mirror on @vrubinobs.bsky.social the coolest thing ever made in New York? Corning Inc, its co-makers, have been nominated for the Coolest Thing Made in New York Manufacturing Contest! 🔭 Find out more about the mirror: rubinobservatory.org/news/seconda...
August 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Aside from Ghostbusters, is the secondary mirror on @vrubinobs.bsky.social the coolest thing ever made in New York? Corning Inc, its co-makers, have been nominated for the Coolest Thing Made in New York Manufacturing Contest! 🔭 Find out more about the mirror: rubinobservatory.org/news/seconda...
Lots of Rubin action at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, including @grahamsmithastro.bsky.social
who'll be giving an overview of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social
/LSST Science Collaborations, and what data to expect when as commissioning is completed and the survey begins. 🔭
who'll be giving an overview of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social
/LSST Science Collaborations, and what data to expect when as commissioning is completed and the survey begins. 🔭
July 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Lots of Rubin action at @nam25-durham.bsky.social this week, including @grahamsmithastro.bsky.social
who'll be giving an overview of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social
/LSST Science Collaborations, and what data to expect when as commissioning is completed and the survey begins. 🔭
who'll be giving an overview of the @vrubinobs.bsky.social
/LSST Science Collaborations, and what data to expect when as commissioning is completed and the survey begins. 🔭
We also got a snapshot of Vera’s research with Kent Ford - the flat galaxy rotation curves that provided an important piece of evidence for the existence of dark matter. 🔭
June 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We also got a snapshot of Vera’s research with Kent Ford - the flat galaxy rotation curves that provided an important piece of evidence for the existence of dark matter. 🔭
At today’s Cheltenham Science Festival event on @vrubinobs.bsky.social, @apontzen.bsky.social asked the questions while Hiranya Peiris and
@chrislintott.bsky.social explained why Rubin is unique and shared their excitement about the opportunities that the forthcoming data will provide 🔭
@chrislintott.bsky.social explained why Rubin is unique and shared their excitement about the opportunities that the forthcoming data will provide 🔭
June 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
At today’s Cheltenham Science Festival event on @vrubinobs.bsky.social, @apontzen.bsky.social asked the questions while Hiranya Peiris and
@chrislintott.bsky.social explained why Rubin is unique and shared their excitement about the opportunities that the forthcoming data will provide 🔭
@chrislintott.bsky.social explained why Rubin is unique and shared their excitement about the opportunities that the forthcoming data will provide 🔭
An international team led by @megschwamb.bsky.social has forecast some of astonishing numbers of objects that @vrubinobs.bsky.social will map. Meet 'Sorcha' - new open source software created by the team to predict which small bodies will be discovered by Rubin. Find out more at sorcha.space 🔭
June 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An international team led by @megschwamb.bsky.social has forecast some of astonishing numbers of objects that @vrubinobs.bsky.social will map. Meet 'Sorcha' - new open source software created by the team to predict which small bodies will be discovered by Rubin. Find out more at sorcha.space 🔭
Date for your diaries: 23 June! That's the first time we'll be able to look at the cosmos with @vrubinobs.bsky.social Find out more and book yourself a Watch Party! 🔭https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
May 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Date for your diaries: 23 June! That's the first time we'll be able to look at the cosmos with @vrubinobs.bsky.social Find out more and book yourself a Watch Party! 🔭https://rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-first-look
Good news if you're a fan of websites... we've relaunched ours! If you're curious about what we do and how the UK is contributing to @vrubinobs.bsky.social, take a look! www.lsst.ac.uk 🔭
May 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Good news if you're a fan of websites... we've relaunched ours! If you're curious about what we do and how the UK is contributing to @vrubinobs.bsky.social, take a look! www.lsst.ac.uk 🔭
As @vrubinobs.bsky.social nears completion, we're bracing ourselves for the onslaught of data. The UK is hosting one of Rubin's data facilities, in @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social and RAL. Find out more about Rubin's data challenges here: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-d...
May 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
As @vrubinobs.bsky.social nears completion, we're bracing ourselves for the onslaught of data. The UK is hosting one of Rubin's data facilities, in @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social and RAL. Find out more about Rubin's data challenges here: rubinobservatory.org/news/rubin-d...
If you're new to all things @vrubinobs.bsky.social, check out the new media kit, full of fascinating facts. E.g. the images Rubin will produce are so large that it would take 400 ultra-high-definition televisions to display one of them at full size. rubinobservatory.org/media 🔭
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you're new to all things @vrubinobs.bsky.social, check out the new media kit, full of fascinating facts. E.g. the images Rubin will produce are so large that it would take 400 ultra-high-definition televisions to display one of them at full size. rubinobservatory.org/media 🔭
Cheltenham Science Fest is on the horizon. On 7 June, listen to @apontzen.bsky.social @chrislintott.bsky.social & Hiranya Peiris discuss what the @vrubinobs.bsky.social high-definition time-lapse movie can teach us about the cosmos: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-v... #capturethecosmos 🔭
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Cheltenham Science Fest is on the horizon. On 7 June, listen to @apontzen.bsky.social @chrislintott.bsky.social & Hiranya Peiris discuss what the @vrubinobs.bsky.social high-definition time-lapse movie can teach us about the cosmos: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-v... #capturethecosmos 🔭
Like the @vrubinobs.bsky.social, the LSST Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Science Collaboration is gearing up for the start of operations. In July they are holding a 'Supermassive Black Hole Studies in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time' workshop. Find out more here: agn.science.lsst.org/meeting2025
March 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Like the @vrubinobs.bsky.social, the LSST Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) Science Collaboration is gearing up for the start of operations. In July they are holding a 'Supermassive Black Hole Studies in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time' workshop. Find out more here: agn.science.lsst.org/meeting2025
It's been a while since we posted a picture of the mighty LSST camera so here goes... This was taken last month, when it was moved from the summit clean room and attached to the camera rotator for the first time. 🔭 Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA
March 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's been a while since we posted a picture of the mighty LSST camera so here goes... This was taken last month, when it was moved from the summit clean room and attached to the camera rotator for the first time. 🔭 Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/DOE/NSF/AURA
Excited to see that the European Astronomical Society (EAS) is running a special session on Rubin at its Annual Meeting in June 2025. The EAS is welcoming abstract submissions from all scientists, whether familiar with @vrubinobs.bsky.social or new faces. Read more: eas.unige.ch/EAS2025/sess... 🔭
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Excited to see that the European Astronomical Society (EAS) is running a special session on Rubin at its Annual Meeting in June 2025. The EAS is welcoming abstract submissions from all scientists, whether familiar with @vrubinobs.bsky.social or new faces. Read more: eas.unige.ch/EAS2025/sess... 🔭
Three more days of National #Astronomy Week to go and today's theme is the swirling mass of gas known as Jupiter. Find out more and trace Jupilter's moons over the next three nights at astronomyweek.org.uk/7-february-t...
February 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Three more days of National #Astronomy Week to go and today's theme is the swirling mass of gas known as Jupiter. Find out more and trace Jupilter's moons over the next three nights at astronomyweek.org.uk/7-february-t...
Watch @chrislintott.bsky.social as he introduces National #Astronomy Week 2025. It's running from 1-9 February with more than 250 events around the UK, and you can even get involved online. We're getting ready to chase the moon! youtu.be/-p0OG61WFDk 🔭
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Watch @chrislintott.bsky.social as he introduces National #Astronomy Week 2025. It's running from 1-9 February with more than 250 events around the UK, and you can even get involved online. We're getting ready to chase the moon! youtu.be/-p0OG61WFDk 🔭
We're getting ready for National Astronomy Week from 1-9 February, are you? This year the theme is Chasing the Moon and there are lots of ways to get involved. Find out more and download resources (such as this chart for tracking the moon) at astronomyweek.org.uk #NAW2025 🔭
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We're getting ready for National Astronomy Week from 1-9 February, are you? This year the theme is Chasing the Moon and there are lots of ways to get involved. Find out more and download resources (such as this chart for tracking the moon) at astronomyweek.org.uk #NAW2025 🔭
Here's the team at @vrubinobs.bsky.social sharing a (non-alcoholic) toast to celebrate the test camera taking its first on-sky data One of the most exciting days this year on Cerro Pachon. Here’s to 2025, when the celebrations will ramp up again! Credit: RubinObs/NSF/DOE/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/R. Gill
December 24, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Here's the team at @vrubinobs.bsky.social sharing a (non-alcoholic) toast to celebrate the test camera taking its first on-sky data One of the most exciting days this year on Cerro Pachon. Here’s to 2025, when the celebrations will ramp up again! Credit: RubinObs/NSF/DOE/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA/R. Gill
Want to get to grips with the many acronyms related to @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST? Check out this handy list of acronyms, from AGN to ZTF: www.lsst.org/scientists/g... #astronomy
December 12, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Want to get to grips with the many acronyms related to @vrubinobs.bsky.social LSST? Check out this handy list of acronyms, from AGN to ZTF: www.lsst.org/scientists/g... #astronomy
Did you know that less than 60% of LGBTQ+ people in STEM are out? Today is LGBTQ+ STEM Day so why not check out these resources to understand more about the LGBTQ+ community working in STEM prideinstem.org/resources-2/ #Astronomy #PrideinSTEM
November 18, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Did you know that less than 60% of LGBTQ+ people in STEM are out? Today is LGBTQ+ STEM Day so why not check out these resources to understand more about the LGBTQ+ community working in STEM prideinstem.org/resources-2/ #Astronomy #PrideinSTEM